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{{Short description|Right-wing political party in Norway}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Progress Party
| native_name      = Fremskrittspartiet
| logo             = Fremskrittspartiet logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| logo_size        = 250px
| colorcode        = {{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}
| abbreviation     = FrP
| leader           = [[Sylvi Listhaug]]
| leader1_title    = Deputy leaders
| leader1_name     = [[Terje Søviknes]]<br />[[Hans Andreas Limi]]
| leader2_title    = [[Parliamentary leader]]
| leader2_name     = Sylvi Listhaug
| founder          = [[Anders Lange]]
| foundation       = {{start date|1973|4|8|df=y}}
| headquarters     = [[Karl Johans gate]] 25 0159, [[Oslo]]
| newspaper        = ''[[Fremskritt]]'' (1974–2014)
| youth_wing       = [[Progress Party's Youth (Norway)|Progress Party's Youth]]
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = 16,075<ref>{{cite news|title=Medlemstall for 2023 er klare|url=https://www.frp.no/nyheter/medlemstall-for-2023-er-klare|date=2024|language=no}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|
 |[[National conservatism]]{{refn|<ref name="ntb220221">{{cite news|url=https://www.utrop.no/nyheter/nytt/246776/|title=Listhaug: Det er rom for nasjonalkonservative i Frp|trans-title=Listhaug: There is room for national conservatives in Frp|work=Utrop|agency=NTB|language=no|date=22 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="nrk090221">{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/siv-jensen-sier-det-er-helt-greit-a-vaere-nasjonalkonservativ-i-frp-1.15365365|title=Siv Jensen sier det er helt greit å være nasjonalkonservativ i Frp|trans-title=Siv Jensen says it is perfectly fine to be national conservative in Frp|work=NRK|language=no|date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Norway |url= https://europeelects.eu/norway/ |website= [[Europe Elects]] |access-date= 19 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Gerhard Schminke |first= Tobias |date= 12 September 2023 |title= Norway: Labour loses first local election in 99 years to right-wing |url= https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/norway-labour-loses-first-local-election-in-99-years-to-right-wing/ |website= [[Euractiv]] |access-date= 19 August 2025}}</ref>}}
 |[[Right-libertarianism]]{{cref|A}}
 |[[Right-wing populism]]<ref name="right-wing populist" />
 |[[Anti-immigration]]{{refn|Sources describing the Progress Party as ''anti-immigration'':<ref name="van Spanje 2011">{{cite journal |last1=van Spanje |first1=Joost |title=The Wrong and the Right: A Comparative Analysis of 'Anti-Immigration' and 'Far Right' Parties |journal=[[Government and Opposition]] |date=July 2011 |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=293–320 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/abs/wrong-and-the-right-a-comparative-analysis-of-antiimmigration-and-far-right-parties/1B90B86A522D59246F690DB9484D54E5 |url-access=subscription |jstor=44482223 |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |issn=0017-257X |doi=10.1111/j.1477-7053.2011.01340.x |s2cid=145560004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.no/20210218/leader-of-norwegian-populist-party-to-step-down|title=Leader of Norwegian populist party to step down|date=18 February 2021|work=The Local}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Paterson |first= Tony |date= 10 September 2013 |title= Norway election results: Anti-immigrant party with links to mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik set to enter government under Conservative leader Erna Solberg |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-election-results-antiimmigrant-party-with-links-to-mass-murderer-anders-behring-breivik-set-to-enter-government-under-conservative-leader-erna-solberg-8805649.html |work= The Independent |access-date= 20 August 2022 |quote= Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Sommers |first= Jack |date= 14 September 2015 |title= Refugee Crisis: Norwegian Politicians Suggest Sending Asylum Seekers To Arctic Island Svalbard |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/14/refugee-crisis-svalbard-norway_n_8132314.html |work= HuffPost |access-date= 20 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1= Jacobsen |first1= Stine |last2= Solsvik |first2= Terje |date= 14 September 2015 |title= Norway's anti-immigrant party set for worst election result in 22 years |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-norway-election-idUKKCN0RE25620150914 |work= Reuters |access-date= 20 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 12 September 2017 |title= Norway election: Ruling Conservatives claim second term |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41234901 |work= BBC News |access-date= 20 August 2022 |quote= Her conservative coalition with the anti-immigration Progress Party ran a campaign promising tax cuts, which it said would help to boost economic growth.}}</ref><ref name="Wiggen"/><ref name="The Local Norway"/>}}
}}
| position         = {{Nowrap|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]{{refn|name=right-wing|Sources describing the Progress Party as "right-wing":<ref>{{cite news |last= Dougall |first= David |date= 20 June 2022 |title= World Refugee Day: Meet the Somali politicians breaking through in the Nordics |url= https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/20/world-refugee-day-meet-the-somali-politicians-breaking-through-in-the-nordics |work= Euronews |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Kremer |first= William |date= 20 October 2024 |title= Inside the world's first TV station run for and by people with learning disabilities |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0grkwd3zlo |work= BBC News |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= 13 September 2021 |title= Norway |url= https://www.csis.org/programs/europe-russia-and-eurasia-program/projects/european-election-watch/2021-elections/norway |website= The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Milne |first= Richard |date= 12 December 2024 |title= Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar |url= https://www.ft.com/content/f0b621a1-54f2-49fc-acc1-a660e9131740 |work= Financial Times |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Bryant |first= Miranda |date= 12 November 2024 |title= Norway apologises to Sami, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/norway-apologises-to-sami-forest-finns-and-kvens-for-forced-assimilation-policy |work= The Guardian |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 18 February 2021 |title= Leader of Norwegian populist party to step down |url= https://www.thelocal.no/20210218/leader-of-norwegian-populist-party-to-step-down |work= The Local Norway |access-date= 26 April 2025}}</ref><ref>Marte Lund Saga, [https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sf/soaf047/8109895 The politics of the Norwegian capitalist class: the inner circle and wealthy owners], Social Forces, 2025;, soaf047, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf047; [[Oxford Academic]]</ref>}} to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref name="far-right" />}}
| european         = [[European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates]]
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}|border=silver}} Blue
| seats1_title     = [[Storting]]
| seats1           = {{composition bar|47|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}} <!-- 2025 RESULT (47 SEATS) WILL NOT APPLY BEFORE OCTOBER, LEAVE IT AT 20 SEATS UNTIL THEN. -->
| seats2_title     = [[County council (Norway)|County councils]]
| seats2           = {{composition bar|83|728|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Municipal council]]s
| seats3           = {{composition bar|948|10781|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Sami Parliament of Norway|Sami Parliament]]
| seats4           = {{composition bar|0|39|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| website          = {{URL|frp.no}}
| country          = Norway
| footnotes        = {{cnote|A|The FrP is a far-right political party but self-identifies as "[[conservative-liberal]]".{{refn|Sources describing the Progress Party as ''conservative liberal'':<ref>{{cite news |title=Understanding Politics in Norway with FrP |quote=The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet or Framskrittspartiet, FrP) is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal. |url=https://www.tnp.no/norway/politics/4267-understanding-politics-in-norway-with-frp/ |agency=The Nordic Page |date=May 20, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name="partiesEU" />}} The [[Anglosphere]] translates it as "right-wing libertarian".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Berg|first1=Linda|last2=Hero|first2=Mikela Lundahl|last3=Johansson|first3=Anna|last4=Laskar|first4=Pia|last5=Martinsson|first5=Lena|last6=Mulinari|first6=Diana|last7=Wasshede|first7=Cathrin|year=2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnD-DwAAQBAJ|title=Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality: Challenging Swedish Exceptionalism|edition=E-book|location=New York |publisher=Springer International Publishing|page=214| isbn=978-3030474324 |access-date=17 September 2021|via=Google Books|quote=... of the populist right-wing libertarian party Framskrittspartiet (The Progress Party).}}</ref>}}
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The '''Progress Party''' ({{langx|nb|Fremskrittspartiet}}; {{langx|nn|Framstegspartiet}}, '''FrP'''; {{langx|se|Ovddádusbellodat}}) is a [[political party in Norway]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Jacob Furedi |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/burkini-ban-norway-france-progress-party-right-wing-islam-swimwear-muslims-a7211271.html |title=Burkini ban: Norway's right-wing Progress Party calls for full-body swimsuit to be outlawed |newspaper=The Independent |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Stine Jacobsen and Terje Solsvik |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-norway-election-idUKKCN0RE25620150914 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825205729/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-norway-election-idUKKCN0RE25620150914 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2016 |title=Norway's anti-immigrant party set for worst election result in 22 years |work=Reuters |date=14 September 2015 |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> It is generally positioned to the right of the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]], and is considered the most right-wing party to be represented in parliament. It is often described as [[right-wing populist]],{{refn|name=right-wing populist|Sources describing the Progress Party as ''right-wing populist'':<ref name="partiesEU">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/norway.html|title=Norway|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2025|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="The Local Norway">{{cite news |date= 20 January 2020 |title= Norway: Populist party quits government over jihadi spouse repatriation |url= https://www.thelocal.no/20200120/norways-populist-party-in-emergency-meeting-over-repatriation-of-isis-linked-woman/ |work= The Local (Norway edition) |access-date= 20 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bjerkem2016" /><ref>{{cite news |last= Schultheis |first= Emily |date= 12 September 2017 |title= What Right-Wing Populists Look Like in Norway |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/norway-progress-party-populism-immigration/539535/ |work= The Atlantic |access-date= 20 August 2022 |quote= By any objective standard, the Progress Party is among the most successful right-wing populist parties in Europe ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bergmann|first=Eirikur|date=2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMKWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA199|title=Nordic Nationalism and Right-Wing Populist Politics: Imperial Relationships and National Sentiments|page=199|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-1137567031}}</ref>}} which has been disputed in public discourse,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Veggeland|first=Noralv|title=Ikke kall Frp populistisk|url=https://www.nationen.no/kronikk/ikke-kall-frp-populistisk/|access-date=17 October 2020|website=Nationen|date=20 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=3 October 2013|title=Hvitvasking av FrP?|url=https://www.civita.no/2013/10/03/hvitvasking-av-frp|access-date=17 October 2020|website=[[Civita (think tank)|Civita]]|language=nb-NO}}</ref> and has been described by various academics and some journalists as [[Far-right politics|far-right]].{{refn|name=far-right|Sources describing the Progress Party as "far-right":<ref name="van Spanje 2011" /><ref name="Twist 2019">{{cite book |last1=Twist |first1=Kimberly A. |title=Partnering with Extremists: Coalitions between Mainstream and Far-Right Parties in Western Europe |url=https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Partnering-with-Extremists |url-access=subscription |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.3998/mpub.10117163 |isbn= 9780472125203 |date=December 2019 |s2cid=211305145 |quote=The far-right Progress Party (FrP) in Norway has been a part of three governing coalitions: as a support party for the coalition led by the Christian People’s Party (KF), formed after the 2001 elections, which also included the Conservatives (Høyre) and the Liberals (V), and twice as a formal coalition partner of Høyre, following the 2013 and 2017 elections.}}</ref><ref name="Niklasson 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Niklasson |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Hølleland |first2=Herdis |title=The Scandinavian far-right and the new politicisation of heritage |journal=[[Journal of Social Archaeology]] |date=June 2018 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=121–148 |doi=10.1177/1469605318757340 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323314906 |access-date=1 October 2023 |language=en |issn=1469-6053 |via=[[ResearchGate]] |publisher=[[Sage Publishing]] |hdl=11250/2590486 |s2cid=149070811 |hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Lazaridis 2015">{{cite book |last1=Lazaridis |first1=Gabriella |last2=Tsagkroni |first2=Vasiliki |title=The Securitisation of Migration in the EU: Debates Since 9/11 |date=October 2015 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=978-1-137-48058-3 |pages=207–236 |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137480583 |url-access=subscription |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289254023 |via=[[ResearchGate]] |language=en |chapter=Securitisation of Migration and Far Right Populist Othering in Scandinavian Countries |access-date=1 October 2023 |doi=10.1057/9781137480583_10}}</ref><ref name="Ivarsflaten 2022">{{cite book |last1=Ivarsflaten |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Sniderman |first2=Paul M. |author-link2=Paul Sniderman |title=The Struggle for Inclusion: Muslim Minorities and the Democratic Ethos |date=January 2022 |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=9780226807416 |chapter=A New Framework for the Study of Inclusive Politics}}</ref><ref name="Madeley 1990">{{cite journal |last1=Madeley |first1=John |title=Norway's 1989 election: The path to polarised pluralism? |journal=[[West European Politics]] |date=April 1990 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=287–292 |doi=10.1080/01402389008424797 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01402389008424797 |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |language=en |issn=0140-2382}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Factsheet: Norwegian Progress Party |url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-norwegian-progress-party/ |website=Bridge Initiative |publisher=[[Georgetown University]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=8 February 2021 |quote=The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, FRP) is a far-right anti-Muslim political party in Norway}}</ref><ref name="Wiggen">{{cite news |last= Wiggen |first= Mette |date= 18 February 2021 |title= As Norway's far Right declines in popularity, a new populist force rises |url= https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/countering-radical-right/as-norways-far-right-declines-in-popularity-a-new-populist-force-rises/ |work= openDemocracy |access-date= 20 August 2022 |quote= However, as expected, the anti-immigration Progress Party, Fremskrittspartiet (FrP), has since demanded stricter control of borders, migrants and migrant labour due to the possibility of what it called ‘import infection’.}}</ref>}} By 2020, the party attained a growing [[national conservative]] faction.<ref name="ntb220221"/><ref name="nrk090221"/> Since the [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|2025 parliamentary election]], it has been [[Norway]]'s second largest political party, winning 47 seats in the [[Storting]].<ref>{{cite news|date=9 September 2025|title=Norway's left clinches vote win as populist right surges into second place|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq65255l27qo|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref> It was a partner in the [[Solberg's Cabinet|government coalition led by the Conservative Party]] from 2013 to 2020.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 January 2020|title=Norway party quits government in 'jihadist-wife' row|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51174550|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

The Progress Party focuses on [[law and order (politics)|law and order]], downsizing the [[bureaucracy]] and the [[public sector]]; the FrP identifies as an [[economic liberal]] party which competes with the left to represent the workers of Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/telemark/her-er-landets-1.-mai-talere-1.14534215|title=Her er landets 1. mai-talere|last=Berge|first=Grete Ingebjørg|date=1 May 2019|website=NRK|language=nb-NO|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frp.no/english|title=Progress Party, Information in English|website=FrP|language=En|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328194303/https://www.frp.no/english|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party has officially opposed [[Norway–European Union relations|Norwegian membership in the European Union]] since 2016, after having been neutral on the issue before.<ref name="FrpEU">{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/frp/frp-sier-nei-til-eu-for-foerste-gang/a/23784902/|title=Frp sier nei til EU for første gang|work=Verdens Gang|agency=NTB|date=4 September 2016|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party calls for a strict [[immigration policy]], integration of immigrants and for the removal of illegal immigrants or foreigners who commit crimes. During its time in coalition government from 2013, the party oversaw the creation of a Minister for Integration and increased the process of deporting failed asylum seekers or migrants with criminal convictions.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |url=https://www.thelocal.no/20150203/norwegian-police-deport-record/ |title=Norway deports most foreign criminals ever |newspaper=The Local Norway |date=3 February 2015 |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref> It has been described as [[anti-immigration]];<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hagelund  |first=Anniken|date=May 2001 |title=A Matter of Decency? The Progress Party in Norwegian Immigration Politics |journal=Sussex Migration Working Papers}}</ref> nevertheless, the FrP also supports free migration to and from the European Union through the [[European Economic Area]] as well as helping refugees through the [[United Nations]] [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees]]. After the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the Progress Party has been amenable to receiving Ukrainian refugees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Situasjonen i Ukraina: Dette mener FrP |url=https://www.frp.no/nyheter/situasjonen-i-ukraina-dette-mener-frp |access-date=23 April 2022|date=2 March 2022|website=FRP.no |publisher=Progress Party |language=nb}}</ref>

The Progress Party was founded by [[Anders Lange]] in 1973 as an [[Tax resistance|anti-tax protest movement]]. Its development was greatly influenced by [[Carl I. Hagen]], the party's long-standing leader between 1978 and 2006.{{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=109, 113}}<ref name="snlcih">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Carl_I_Hagen/utdypning|title=Carl I Hagen|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|first=Gudleiv|last=Forr|author-link=Gudleiv Forr|editor=Helle, Knut|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|location=Oslo|editor-link=Knut Helle}}</ref> [[Siv Jensen]] served as the party leader between 2006 and 2021, when in February 2021 she announced that she would be stepping down at the next party convention in May.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.no/20210218/leader-of-norwegian-populist-party-to-step-down/|title=Leader of Norwegian populist party to step down|date=18 February 2021|publisher=The Local|newspaper=The Local Norway}}</ref> She was succeeded by her deputy leader, [[Sylvi Listhaug]] on 8 May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/13990674/|title=Sylvi Listhaug lover å gjenreise Fremskrittspartiet|date=8 May 2021|publisher=TV2|website=tv2.no|language=Norwegian |last1=As |first1=TV 2. }}</ref>

== History ==
=== Anders Lange's Party ===
[[File:Anders Lange 1930s.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Anders Lange]], founder of the party]]
The Progress Party was founded at a meeting at the movie theater ''Saga Kino'' in [[Oslo]] on 8 April 1973,<ref name="kinos">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2003/04/08/365941.html|title=I kinosalens mørke|trans-title=In the darkness of the movie theater|work=[[Dagbladet]]|first=Astrid|last=Meland|date=8 April 2003|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> attended by around 1,345 people.<ref name="kinos"/> An address speech was held by [[Anders Lange]], after whom the party was named the '''Anders Lange's Party for a Strong Reduction in Taxes, Duties and Public Intervention''', commonly known as '''Anders Lange's Party''' ('''ALP''').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/filestore/Introduction_To_The_Progress_Party.pdf|title=Ideology and Principles of the Progress Party|publisher=FrP.no|access-date=11 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202346/http://www.frp.no/filestore/Introduction_To_The_Progress_Party.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> Lange had some political experience from the interwar era [[Fatherland League (Norway)|Fatherland League]] and was part of the [[Norwegian resistance movement]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="kinos"/> Since the end of the war, he had worked as an [[Independent politician|independent]] [[right-wing]] political editor and public speaker.<ref name="kinos"/> Lange held his first public speech as chairman of ALP at [[Youngstorget]] in Oslo on 16 May the same year. ALP was to a large extent inspired by the Danish [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]],<ref>{{Cite news |last= Stanghelle |first= Harald |author-link= Harald Stanghelle |title= De oversettes opprør |trans-title= The rebellion of the neglected |url= http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentatorer/stanghelle/article3799502.ece |work= Aftenposten |language= no |date= 6 September 2010 |access-date= 7 September 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100909000746/http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentatorer/stanghelle/article3799502.ece |archive-date= 9 September 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> which was founded by [[Mogens Glistrup]]. Glistrup also spoke at the event, which gathered around 4,000 attendees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.retriever-info.com/proxy/?id=055016197305163VcLLf3AAq9p3An1yv0Vdroh100201010614&x=8a09a9f9cfa6d7ac5a348db74ea9523f|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|date=16 May 1973|title=Andre toner på Youngstorget|trans-title=Different tones at Youngstorget|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

Originally, Anders Lange wanted the party to be an anti-tax protest movement rather than a common political party. The party had a brief political platform on a single sheet of paper that on one side listed ten things the party was "tired of", and on the other side ten things that they were in favour of.{{Sfn|Arter|1999|p=105}} The protest was directed against what Lange claimed to be an unacceptable high level of taxes and [[subsidy|subsidies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virksommeord.uib.no/taler?id=103|title=Anders Lange's speech at Saga Kino, 8 April 1973|publisher=Virksomme Ord|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230050802/http://virksommeord.uib.no/taler?id=103|archive-date=30 December 2010}}</ref> In the [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973 parliamentary election]], the party won 5% of the vote and gained four seats in the [[Stortinget|Norwegian parliament]]. The main reasons for the success has later been seen by scholars as a mixture of tax protests, the charisma of Anders Lange, the role of television, the aftermath of the [[1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum|1972 European Community membership referendum]] and the political development in Denmark.{{Sfn|Jungar|Jupskås|2010|p=5}} The first party conference was held in [[Hjelmeland]] in 1974, where the party established its first political conventions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svelvik-frp.no/websider/historie.htm|title=Fremskrittspartets historie|trans-title=History of the Progress Party|publisher=Svelvik FrP|date=30 April 2003|last=Sandnes|first=Børge|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724184523/http://www.svelvik-frp.no/websider/historie.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Progress Party and Carl I. Hagen ===
In early 1974, Kristofer Almås, Deputy Member of Parliament [[Carl I. Hagen]], along with some others, broke away and formed the short-lived [[Reform Party (Norway, 1974)|Reform Party]].<ref name="tv2frp">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/frps-historie-2577871.html|title=FrPs historie|trans-title=History of the Frp|publisher=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]]|first=Kjetil|last=Løset|date=15 June 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> The background for this was a criticism of ALPs "undemocratic organisation" and lack of a real party program. However, in the same year, Anders Lange died; consequently Hagen stepped in as a regular Member of Parliament in Lange's place. As a result, the Reform Party merged back into ALP already the following year. The party adopted its current name, the ''Progress Party'', on 29 January 1977, inspired by the great success of the Danish Progress Party.<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia = [[Store norske leksikon]] | url = http://www.snl.no/Fremskrittspartiet/Frp|title=Fremskrittspartiet – Frp|trans-title=The Progress Party – Frp | first = Knut Are|last=Tvedt|author-link=Knut Are Tvedt|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|date=29 September 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party performed poorly in the [[1977 Norwegian parliamentary election|1977 parliamentary election]], and was left without parliamentary representation. In the 1978 party convention, Carl I. Hagen was elected as party chairman. Hagen soon started to expand the political program of the party, and built a conventional party organisation, a step which Lange and some of his followers had opposed.<ref name="kinos"/>{{Sfn|Arter|1999|p=106}} The party's youth organisation, the [[Progress Party's Youth]], was also established in 1978.<ref name="dbmg"/> Hagen succeeded in sharpening the image of the party as an anti-tax movement. His criticism of the wisdom of hoarding billions of dollars in the "[[The Government Pension Fund of Norway|Oil Fund]]" hit a nerve owing to perceived declines in infrastructure, schools, and [[social service]]s and long queues at hospitals.<ref name="afp040506">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article1303263.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Fra parentes til mektig partieier|trans-title=From parenthesis to powerful party owner|first=Gunnar|last=Magnus|date=4 May 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604122155/http://www.aftenposten.no/fakta/innsikt/article1303263.ece|archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>

=== 1980s: establishing the party ===
[[File:CI Hagen2326alt 2E jpg DF0000062793.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Carl I. Hagen]], party leader for nearly three decades from 1978 to 2006]]
While the Progress Party dropped out of parliament altogether in 1977, it returned in the following [[1981 Norwegian parliamentary election|1981 parliamentary election]] with four representatives. In this election, the [[Right-wing politics|political right]] in general had a great upturn, which garnered the Progress Party increased support.<ref name="dbmg">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2001/03/05/245386.html|work=[[Dagbladet Magasinet]]|title=Fremskritt fra dag en|trans-title=Progress from day one|date=5 March 2001|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> The ideology of the party was sharpened in the 1980s, and the party officially declared that it was a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] party at its national convention in [[Sandefjord]] in 1983.{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=40}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=44073&page=5&query=%22carl+i.+hagen%22+ideologi&date=2.5.1983|title=Ønsker samarbeide med Høyre på sikt: Liberalismen Fr.p.s nye ideologi|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Per|last=Danielsen|access-date=28 November 2010|language=no|date=2 May 1983|page=5|quote=Fremskrittspartiet ønsker et samarbeide med Høyre. Liberalismen er blitt partiets ideologi. Dette er to sentrale hovedkonklusjoner fra partiets landsmøte i Sandefjord, som blr {{sic}} avsluttet søndag.}}</ref> Until then, the party had not had a clearly defined ideology.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} In the campaign for the [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985 parliamentary election]], the party attacked many aspects of the Norwegian welfare state, and campaigned for privatization of medical care, education and government-owned enterprises as well as steep cuts in [[income tax]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.no/newspapers?id=_R8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1KUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3319%2C4288335|work=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|title=Ruling coalition takes narrow win over left in Norwegian election|page=58|date=10 September 1985|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> In the election, the party lost two of its four members of parliament, but was left with some power as they became the [[Kingmaker scenario|kingmaker]]. In May 1986, the party used this position to effectively throw out the governing [[Willoch's Second Cabinet|Conservative-led government]] after it had proposed to increase gas taxes. A [[Brundtland's Second Cabinet|minority Labour government]] was established as a result.<ref name="tv2frp"/>

The first real breakthrough for the party in Norwegian politics came in the [[1987 Norwegian local elections|1987 local elections]], when the party nearly doubled its support from 6.3% to 12.3% (county results). This was largely as immigration was for the first time seriously taken up as an issue by the party (although Hagen had already in the late 1970s called for a strongly restrictive immigration policy),<ref name="afp040506"/> successfully putting the issue on the national agenda.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=40}} Its campaign had mainly been focused on the issue of [[asylum seeker]]s,{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=152}} but was additionally helped by the infamous "[[Mustafa-letter]]", a letter read out by Hagen during the electoral campaign that portrayed the [[Counter-jihad|future Islamisation of Norway]].<ref name="tv2frp"/>{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=155}} In April 1988 the party was for the first time the second largest party in Norway in an opinion poll with 23.5%.<ref name="dbmg"/> In September 1988, the party further proposed in parliament for a referendum on the immigration policy, which was regarded by political scientists as the start of the party's 1989 election campaign.<ref name="aft279">{{Cite news|title=Hagen: Folket må selv bestemme innvandring|trans-title=Hagen: The people must make the decisions on immigration themselves|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=75229&page=10&query=folkeavstemning+innvandring&date=27.9.1988|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=27 September 1988|access-date=13 October 2010|language=no|first=Geir|last=Salvesen}}</ref> In 1989, the party made its breakthrough in national politics. In the [[1989 Norwegian parliamentary election|1989 parliamentary election]], the party obtained 13%, up from 3.7% in 1985, and became the third largest party in Norway. It started to gain power in some local administrations. The first mayors from the party were<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=82717&page=9&query=%22bj%C3%B8rn+br%C3%A5then%22+ordf%C3%B8rer&date=11.9.2007|page=9|title=Får trolig flere ordførere|trans-title=Will probably have several mayors|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=11 September 2007|language=no|access-date=18 October 2010}}</ref> [[Håkon Rege]] in [[Sola, Norway|Sola]] (1988–1989),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article333487.ece|work=[[Stavanger Aftenblad]]|publisher=www.aftenbladet.no|title=Rege tar gjenvalg|trans-title=Rege stands for re-election|date=16 August 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002232623/http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article333487.ece|archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> Bjørn Bråthen in [[Råde]] (1990–1991)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=73210&page=48&query=%22bj%C3%B8rn+br%C3%A5then%22+ordf%C3%B8rer&date=11.2.2010|page=16|title=Jubilanter: 70 år|trans-title=Anniversaries: 70 years|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=11 September 2007|language=no|access-date=18 October 2010}}</ref> and [[Peter N. Myhre]] in Oslo (1990–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/tidligere_ordforere/|title=Tidligere ordførere|trans-title=Previous mayors|work=[[Oslo|Oslo municipality]]|publisher=www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref>

=== 1990s: libertarian-wing schism and consolidation ===
{{further|1994 Progress Party national convention}}
The [[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993 parliamentary election]] halved the party's support to 6.3% and ten members of parliament. This drop in support can be seen as the result of an internal conflict within the party that came to a head in 1992, between the more radical libertarian minority and the majority led by Carl I. Hagen.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Siv_Jensen/utdypning|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Helle, Knut |title=Siv Jensen|first=Lise Merete|last=Olaussen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|editor-link=Knut Helle}}</ref>{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=5}} The [[right-libertarians]], or simply libertarians, had removed the party's focus on immigration, declaring it a "non-issue" in the early 1990s, which was heavily punished by voters in 1993 as well as 1991.<ref>"Det nye landet: Kampen", 26 January 2010. ''[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]'' (television).</ref> [[Social conservative]] policy platforms had also been liberalised and caused controversy such as accepting [[Registered partnership|homosexual partnership]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fpu.no/?q=visArtikkel&id=209&type=start|publisher=[[Progress Party's Youth]]|title=Gratulerer FpU|trans-title=Congratulates the Youth of the Progress Party|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> The party's unclear stance on Norwegian membership of the [[European Union]] also contributed greatly to the setback, by moving the focus away from the party's stronger issues such as during the [[1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/valg_2009_more_og_romsdal/1.6733973|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|title=EU-debatten – en kjepp i hjulet|trans-title=The EU debate – a spanner in the works|first=Trond|last=Vestre|date=17 August 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

While many of the libertarians, including [[Pål Atle Skjervengen]] and [[Tor Mikkel Wara]], had left the party before the 1993 election<ref name="dbmg"/> or had been rejected by voters,{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=42}} the conflict finally culminated in 1994. Following the party conference at ''Bolkesjø Hotell'' in [[Telemark]] in April of that year, four MPs of the "libertarian wing" in the party broke off as [[Independent (politician)|independents]]. This was because Hagen had given them an ultimatum to adhere to the political line of the party majority and parliamentary group, or else to leave.<ref name="dbmg"/> This incident was later nicknamed "[[1994 Progress Party national convention|Dolkesjø]]", a [[pun]] on the name of the hotel, with "dolke" meaning to "[[Literal translation|lit.]] stab (in the back) /betray".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/Fakta_Kort_om_partiets_historie/|publisher=FrP.no|title=Kort om partiets historie|trans-title=Briefly on the party's history|access-date=17 February 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202750/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/Fakta_Kort_om_partiets_historie/|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

These events have been seen by political scientists as a turning point for the party.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=9}} Subsequently, the libertarians founded a libertarian organisation called the [[Free Democrats (Norway)|Free Democrats]], which attempted to establish a political party but without success. Parts of the younger management of the party and the more libertarian youth organisation of the party also broke away and even tried to disestablish the entire youth organisation.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=42}} The youth organisation was however soon running again, this time with more "loyal" members, although it remained more libertarian than its mother organisation. After this, the Progress Party had a more [[right-wing populist]] profile, which resulted in its gaining electoral support.<ref name="snl"/>

In the [[1995 Norwegian local elections|1995 local elections]], the Progress Party regained the level of support seen at the 1987 elections. This was said largely to have been as a result of a focus on Progress Party core issues in the electoral campaign, especially immigration, as well as the party dominating the media picture as a result of the controversy around the [[1995 Norwegian Association meeting at Godlia kino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|publisher=Frp.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets historie: Valgåret 1995|trans-title=The history of the Progress Party: The election year 1995|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125145458/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|archive-date=25 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001990047545|title=Pitbullene er løs!|trans-title=The pitbullsa re lose!|first=Halvor|last=Elvik|work=[[Dagbladet]]|date=3 September 1999|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> The latter particularly gained the party many sympathy votes, as a result of the harsh media storm targeted against Hagen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://onlinesos.aftenposten.no/tjenester/archive/show.htm?catalog=74894&page=4&query=fremskrittspartiet&date=8.9.1995|title=Velgerstrøm til Fr.p.|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Carsten|last=Bleness|access-date=28 November 2010|language=no|date=8 September 1995|page=4}}</ref> In the [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997 parliamentary election]], the party obtained 15.3% of the vote, and for the first time became the second largest political party in Norway. The [[1999 Norwegian local elections|1999 local elections]] resulted in the party's first mayor as a direct result of an election, [[Terje Søviknes]] in [[Os, Hordaland|Os]]. 20 municipalities also elected a deputy mayor from the Progress Party.

=== 2000–2001: turmoil and expulsion of populists ===
While the Progress Party had witnessed close to 35% support in opinion polls in late 2000,{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} its support fell back to 1997 levels in the upcoming election in 2001. This was largely a result of turmoil surrounding the party. The party's deputy leader Terje Søviknes became involved in a sex scandal, and internal political conflicts came to the surface;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie//|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets historie: Valget 2001 og ny turbulens i partiet|trans-title=History of the Progress Party: The 2001 election and new turbulence in the party|access-date=17 February 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125145458/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|archive-date=25 November 2009}}</ref> Hagen had already in 1999 tried to quiet the most controversial immigration opponents in the parliamentary party, who had gained influence since the 1994 national convention.<ref name="snlcih"/> In late 2000 and early 2001, opposition to this locally in [[Oslo]], [[Hordaland]] and [[Vest-Agder]] sometimes resulted in expulsions of local representatives.<ref name="snlcih"/> Eventually Hagen also, in various ways, got rid of the so-called "gang of seven" (''syverbanden''), which consisted of seven members of parliament.<ref name="vg311007">{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=177606|title=Jeg har vært kravstor og maktsyk: Slik kvittet Carl I Hagen seg med "syverbanden" i Frp|trans-title=I have been demanding and power hungry: How Carl I Hagen rid himself of the "Gang of Seven" in the Frp|work=[[Verdens Gang]] |date=31 October 2007|first=Anne|last=Vinding|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> In January 2001, Hagen claimed that he had seen a pattern where these had cooperated on several issues,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smaalenene.no/nyheter/article426472.ece|work=[[Smaalenenes Avis]]|title= Avkrefter påstander om kupp|trans-title=Denies coup allegations|date=23 January 2001|access-date=16 September 2010|language=no}}</ref> and postulated that they were behind a conspiracy to eventually get [[Øystein Hedstrøm]] elected as party chairman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tux1.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/d187202.htm|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Hagen frykter kupp i partiet|date=23 January 2001|access-date=16 September 2010|first=Gunnar|last=Magnus|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233914/http://tux1.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/d187202.htm|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> The seven were eventually suspended, excluded from or voluntarily left the party, starting in early 2001.<ref name="snl"/> They most notably included [[Vidar Kleppe]] (the alleged "leader"), [[Dag Danielsen]], [[Fridtjof Frank Gundersen]], as well as [[Jan Simonsen]].<ref name="vg311007"/> Only Hedstrøm remained in the party, but was subsequently kept away from publicly discussing immigration issues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dt.no/arkiv/superreserven-carl-i-hagen-1.3082925|title=Superreserven Carl I. Hagen|trans-title=Carl I. Hagen, the super-sub|first=Olav|last=Melbye|work=[[Drammens Tidende]]|date=30 August 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

This again caused turmoil within the party; supporters of the excluded members criticized their treatment, some resigned from the party,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ba.no/nyheter/politikk/article309716.ece|title=Haoko Tveitt melder seg ut av Frp|trans-title=Haoko Tveitt leaves the Frp|work=[[Bergensavisen]]|date=28 February 2001|first=Siri Haave|last=Høstmælingen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> and some of the party's local chapters were closed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/distrikt/sorlandet/nyheter/873630.html|title=Frp'ere melder seg ut|trans-title=Frp members leave the party|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=8 March 2001|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> Some of the outcasts ran for office in the 2001 election in [[County lists for the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|several new county lists]], and later some formed a new party called the [[Democrats (Norway)|Democrats]], with Kleppe as chairman and Simonsen as deputy chairman. Though the "gang of seven" took controversial positions on immigration, the actions taken against them were also based on internal issues;<ref name="forhold">{{cite web|url=http://www.frie-ytringer.com/2009/09/10/mitt-forhold-til-fremskrittspartiet/|title=Mitt forhold til Fremskrittspartiet|trans-title=My relations with the Progress Party|publisher=Frie Ytringer, Jan Simonsen's blog|first=Jan|last=Simonsen|date=10 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912153817/http://www.frie-ytringer.com/2009/09/10/mitt-forhold-til-fremskrittspartiet/|archive-date=12 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=2699564|title=Kleppe suspendert|trans-title=Kleppe suspended|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|publisher=www.vg.no|date=7 March 2001|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> it remains unclear to what degree the settlement was based primarily on political disagreements or tactical considerations.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=5}} Hagen's main goal with the "purge" was an attempt to make it possible for non-socialist parties to cooperate in an eventual government together with the Progress Party.<ref name="snl"/> In 2007, he revealed that he had received "clear signals" from politicians in among other the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]], that government negotiations were out of the question so long as certain specific Progress Party politicians, including Kleppe and Simonsen (but not Hedstrøm), remained in the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=177633|title=Hedstrøm til angrep på Hagen |trans-title=Hedstrøm attacks Hagen|work=[[Verdens Gang]] |date=31 October 2007|first1=Anne|last1=Vinding|first2=Camilla|last2=Ryste|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> The more moderate libertarian minority in Oslo, including [[Henning Holstad]], [[Svenn Kristiansen]] and Siv Jensen, now improved their hold in the party.{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=44}}

=== 2001–2005: Bondevik II years ===
In the [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001 parliamentary election]], the party lost the gains it had made according to opinion polling but maintained its position from the 1997 election, it got 14.6% and 26 members in the parliament. The election result allowed them to unseat the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]] government of [[Jens Stoltenberg]] and replace it with a [[Bondevik's Second Cabinet|three-party coalition]] led by [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democrat]] [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]]. However, the coalition continued to decline to govern together with the Progress Party as they considered the political differences too large. The Progress Party eventually decided to tolerate the coalition, as it promised to invest more in defence, open more private hospitals and open for more competition in the public sector.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1603256.stm|work=[[BBC Online]] |title=Norway far-right sets new course|date=16 October 2001|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> In 2002 the Progress Party again advanced in the opinion polls and for a while became the largest party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/artikler/nyheter/30521/article/item/null|work=[[Klassekampen]]|title=Høyre taper til Frp|trans-title=Conservative Party loses to the Frp|first=Bjørgulv|last=Braanen|author-link=Bjørgulv Braanen|date=2 May 2002|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135508/http://www.klassekampen.no/artikler/nyheter/30521/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/artikler/nyheter/30752/article/item/null|work=[[Klassekampen]]|title=Trussel mot demokratiet|trans-title=A threat to democracy|first1=Espen|last1=Løkeland-Stai|author2=Marsdal, Magnus|author-link2=Magnus E. Marsdal|date=30 April 2002|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135528/http://www.klassekampen.no/artikler/nyheter/30752/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref>

The [[2003 Norwegian local elections|local elections of 2003]] were a success for the party. In 36 municipalities, the party gained more votes than any other; it succeeded in electing the mayor in only 13 of these,{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}} but also secured 40 deputy mayor positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie//|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets historie: Konsolidering og kommunevalg|trans-title=History of the Progress Party: Consolidation and municipal elections|access-date=17 February 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125145458/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|archive-date=25 November 2009}}</ref> The Progress Party had participated in local elections since 1975, but until 2003 had only secured a mayoral position four times, all on separate occasions. The Progress Party vote in Os—the only municipality that elected a Progress Party mayor in 1999—increased from 36.6% in 1999 to 45.7% in 2003. The party also became the single largest in the counties of [[Vestfold]] and [[Rogaland]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg_2003/3086321.html|title=Frp størst i 36 kommuner|trans-title=Frp largest in 36 municipalities|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=16 September 2003|first=Hallvard|last=Notaker|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

In the [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005 parliamentary elections]], the party again became the second largest party in the [[Parliament of Norway|Norwegian parliament]], with 22.1% of the votes and 38 seats, a major increase from 2001. Although the centre-right government of Bondevik which the Progress Party had tolerated since 2001 was beaten by the leftist [[Red-Green Coalition]], Hagen had before the election said that his party would no longer accept Bondevik as Prime Minister, following his consistent refusal to formally include the Progress Party in government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/world/europe/11iht-norway.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Close result expected as Norwegians head to polls|date=11 September 2005|access-date=28 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/13/1|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Norwegian PM announces resignation|date=13 September 2005|access-date=28 August 2010}}</ref> For the first time, the party was also successful in getting members of parliament elected from all counties of Norway, and even became the largest party in three: [[Vest-Agder]], [[Rogaland]] and [[Møre og Romsdal]].<ref name="snl"/> After the parliamentary elections in 2005, the party also became the largest party in many opinion polls. The Progress Party led November 2006 opinion polls with a support of 32.9% of respondents, and it continued to poll above 25 percent during the following years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tns-gallup.no/default.aspx?did=9078387|title=FrP og Høyre går kraftig fram|trans-title=Strong advances for the Frp and the Conservative Party|publisher=[[TNS Gallup]]|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=195848|title=Fosser frem på diesel-opprør: Siv nær statsministerstolen|trans-title=Surges ahead because of diesel rebellion: Siv close to the prime minister's chair|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|first1=Lars Halvor|last1=Magerøy|first2=Bjørn|last2=Haugan|date=31 May 2008|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=528033|title=Frp størst på ny måling|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|date=4 June 2008|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=501050|title=Frp over 30 prosent på ny måling (NTB)|date=26 June 2008|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no|work=[[Verdens Gang]]}}</ref>

=== 2006–2021: Siv Jensen ===
[[File:Siv Jensen-14.jpg|thumb|upright|Siv Jensen, leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2021]]

In 2006, after 27 years as leader of the party, Hagen stepped down to become Vice President of the Norwegian parliament [[Stortinget]]. Siv Jensen was chosen as his successor, with the hope that she could increase the party's appeal to voters, build bridges to centre-right parties, and head or participate in a future government of Norway. Following the [[2007 Norwegian local elections|local elections of 2007]], Progress Party candidates became mayor in 17 municipalities, seven of these continuing on from 2003. Deputy mayors for the party however decreased to 33.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie//|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets historie: 2007 Eksamen for ordførere|access-date=17 February 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125145458/http://www.frp.no/no/Mot_oss/Historie/|archive-date=25 November 2009}}</ref> The party in general strongly increased its support in municipalities where the mayor had been elected from the Progress Party in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/val_2007/1.3439409|work=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|publisher=www.nrk.no|title=Brakvalg for Frp-ordførere|trans-title=Good election for FrP majors|date=11 September 2009|first=Kristian|last=Elster|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

In the months before the [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009 parliamentary elections]], the party had, as in the 2001 election, rated very highly in opinion poll results which however declined towards the actual election. Earlier in the year, the Progress Party had achieved above 30% in some polls which made it the largest party by several percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/partibarometeret-2677103.html|title=Partibarometeret| date=16 April 2009 |publisher=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]]|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> With such high gains, the election result was in this case relatively disappointing. Before the election the gains continued to decrease, with most of these losses going to the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] which had a surprisingly successful campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norway Keeps Leftists in Power |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/europe/16norway.html?_r=1|access-date=27 August 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 September 2009|first=Walter|last=Gibbs}}</ref> The decline in support over a longer period of time can also be seen as the Labour Party was since 2008 accused of "stealing" policies from the Progress Party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8008364.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=BBC News|title=Islam a political target in Norway|first=Thomas |last=Buch-Andersen |location=Oslo|date=20 April 2009|access-date=8 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/skole/klippdetalj?topic=nrk:klipp/417439|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] |title=FrP og framgangen (4:47 min)|access-date=2 April 2010|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party did, regardless, achieve a slight gain from the 2005 election with 22.9%, the best election result in the party's history. It also for the first time got represented in the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]] [[2009 Norwegian Sami parliamentary election|in 2009]], with three representatives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/valg_2009_sami_radio/1.6776708|title=– Vi har gjort et brakvalg|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=15 September 2009|first=Åse|last=Pulk|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> This made it the fourth largest party in the Sami parliament, and second largest of the nationwide parties. In the 2009 [[School Election Project|informal school elections]], it became the largest party in Norway with 24% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samfunnsveven.no/skolevalg/resultat/landsoversikt|title=Skolevalg 2009|publisher=[[Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste|NSD Samfunnsveven]]|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-date=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819194852/http://www.samfunnsveven.no/skolevalg/resultat/landsoversikt|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While other parties before had refused the Progress Party's efforts to join governing coalitions at the national level owing to concerns about the party's alleged populism and positions on immigration issues,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1385835.ece|title=Stiller Frp-ultimatum|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Lars Nehru|last=Sand|date=12 July 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629143845/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1385835.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}} after the election the Conservative Party stated they wanted to be "a bridge between the Progress Party and the centre."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3732939.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=Ingen ny regjering uten Frp|date=15 July 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718065810/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3732939.ece|archive-date=18 July 2010}}</ref> The position arose as the Progress Party vowed to not support any government coalition that it itself was not a part of,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/53399/article/item/null|title=Ernas umulige prosjekt|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|work=[[Klassekampen]]|date=24 April 2008|first=Anders|last=Horn|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135248/http://www.klassekampen.no/53399/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> while centrist parties rejected participating in a government coalition together with the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg_2009/1.6749065|title=Rungende nei til Frp|date=7 September 2009|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|first=Linda|last=Bjørgan|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article4293061.ece|title=Nei til Frp-samarbeid|date=28 April 2009|work=[[Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper)|Vårt Land]]|first=Rebekka|last=Joswig|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430082551/http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article4293061.ece|archive-date=30 April 2009}}</ref>

Since early 2010, opinion polls regularly showed a majority support for the Progress Party and Conservative Party together.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10005031|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Rent flertall for Høyre og Frp i april|date=3 May 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dn.no/forsiden/politikkSamfunn/article1926654.ece|work=[[Dagens Næringsliv]] |title=Blåblått flertall i juni|date=29 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/valg09/partibarometeret-2677103.html|work=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]]|title=Partibarometeret| date=16 April 2009 |language=no|access-date=15 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10012789|work=Verdens Gang|title=Ap mindre enn både Høyre og Frp |date=23 December 2010|access-date=23 December 2010|language=no}}</ref> The Progress Party however saw a strong setback for the [[2011 Norwegian local elections|2011 local elections]]. The party lost 6% in vote share, while the Conservative Party gained 9%. According to political scientists, most of the setback could be explained by a low turnout of Progress Party supporters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg/valg2011/1.7789682|publisher=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|title=Frp mot sitt dårligste valg på 16 år|first=Oddvin|last=Aune|date=12 September 2011|access-date=13 September 2011|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/09/13/nyheter/politikk/valg_2011/valg11/innenriks/18103556/|work=[[Dagbladet]]|title=Utøya-effekten ble at Frp-velgerne satt i sofaen|first=Harald S.|last=Klungtveit|date=13 September 2011|access-date=13 September 2011|language=no}}</ref>
[[File:Regjeringen Solberg 2018-01-17-7629.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Solberg's Cabinet]] in 2018]]

In coalition with the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]], the party won the [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013 parliamentary election]] and helped form its first ever government, the [[Solberg's Cabinet]], although the Progress Party itself lost seats and is now the third largest party instead of the second largest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway election: Erna Solberg to form new government |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24014551 |work=BBC News |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Orange |first=Richard |title=Populists left out of new Norway government |url=https://www.thelocal.no/20131016/populists-left-out-of-new-norway-gov/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=[[The Local]] |date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The parties won renewed support for the government in the [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017 parliamentary election]], which was expanded to include the centrist [[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]] and the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]] in 2018.

The Progress Party withdrew from the government coalition in January 2020. The cause of the withdrawal was repatriation to Norway of a Norwegian citizen who volunteered in the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]]. The position of the Progress Party was that no such person should receive assistance to return to Norway. The Solberg cabinet undertook the repatriation despite the protests from the Progress Party, over what they considered humanitarian considerations.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/frp-gar-ut-av-regjering-1.14867637|title=Frp går ut av regjering|last=Krekling|first=David Vojislav|date=20 January 2020|website=NRK|language=nb-NO|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

=== 2021–present: Sylvi Listhaug ===
[[File:Sylvi Listhaug (163 KIL-6820) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sylvi Listhaug]]]] 

In February 2021, Jensen announced that she would stand down as party leader. She was replaced by former deputy leader and immigration minister [[Sylvi Listhaug]] in May 2021. Listhaug had previously been endorsed as a potential future leader by both Jensen and former chairman [[Carl I. Hagen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/carl-i-hagen-peker-ut-listhaug-som-sivs-arvtaker-1.1136761|title=– Sylvi er den beste kandidaten fordi hun ligner mest på meg.|website=Dagsavisen|date=27 April 2018 |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/8242074/|title=Carl I. Hagen: – Listhaug bør bli vår neste leder|website=TV 2| date=20 April 2016 |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-EowyA.html|title=Carl I. Hagen mener Listhaug er "den soleklare kandidaten" til å etterfølge Siv Jensen|first=Solveig Ruud Robert|last=Gjerde|website=Aftenposten|date=19 April 2016 |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>

Despite leading the polls for a short period in early 2025, the Progress Party eventually failed to win the [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|election]], coming in second. The party gained seats in the Storting and ended up with 47 seats, the highest seat count in the party's history, with Sylvi Listhaug also becoming the leader of the largest opposition party.

== Ideology and political positions ==
The party historically identified itself in the preamble of its platform as a [[Liberalism in Norway|liberal]] (''liberalistisk''; "liberal", "[[Libertarian party|libertarian]]"){{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=95-96}} party, built on Norwegian and Western traditions and [[cultural heritage]], with a basis in a Christian understanding of life and [[Humanism|humanist]] values.{{refn|<ref name="pri">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Prinsipprogram_2009-2013/|publisher=FrP.no|title=Fremskrittspartiets prinsipper 2009–2013|access-date=8 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904021954/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Prinsipprogram_2009-2013/|archive-date=4 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Culture and Customs of Norway|last=O'Leary|first=Margaret|publisher=Greenwood|year=2010|isbn=978-0313362484|location=United States|page=18}}</ref><ref name="Rydgren2013">{{cite book|first=Jens|last=Rydgren|date=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuA0U5V23j8C&pg=PA108|title=Class Politics and the Radical Right|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=108|isbn=978-0415690522}}</ref>{{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=94-95}}}} Its main declared goal in 2010 was a strong reduction in taxes and government intervention.<ref name="pri"/>

Many within the party reject the description of the party as liberal. The party has a wing that identifies itself as [[economically liberal]] or [[Right-libertarianism|libertarian]], and a wing that identifies itself as [[national-conservative]] and focuses strongly on [[anti-immigration]] politics. According to scholar Anders Ravik Jupskås, the national conservative faction gained ground in the 2010s; while members of the party leadership tend to identify as liberals or libertarians, the national conservative wing has strong support among the membership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2020/06/de-nasjonalkonservative-i-frp-oker-men-har-ikke-makt|title=De nasjonalkonservative i Frp øker, men har ikke makt|first1=Thea Storøy|last1=Elnan|first2=Sofie Amalie|last2=Klougart|date=19 June 2020|website=morgenbladet.no}}</ref> The party's largest chapter, the Oslo chapter, adopted a resolution that calls for the party to declare itself as [[national conservative]] and to replace liberalism with a "Norway first" policy aiming at making Norway a "patriotic beacon" in Europe, with a focus on [[anti-immigration]] politics and rejection of the [[scientific consensus on climate change]], that includes "a complete ban on non-western immigration" and a referendum on immigration; the Oslo chapter's MP [[Christian Tybring-Gjedde]] said that "very few people agree" with the stated ideology of liberalism in the party programme because "liberalism in its extreme form means open borders" and because "liberalism is a dead ideology."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/nb-no/nyheter/norge/christian-tybring-gjedde---vi-m%C3%A5-sette-norge-f%C3%B8rst/ar-AAHA7Uc |title=Sylvi Listhaug fnyser av forslaget til Christian Tybring-Gjedde |date=20 September 2019|website=[[Nettavisen]]}}</ref><ref name="DB2020">{{cite news |date=29 February 2020 |title=Sivs fylkeslag vil gjøre Norge til patriotisk fyrtårn |url= https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/sivs-fylkeslag-vil-gjore-norge-til-patriotisk-fyrtarn/72195752|work=[[Dagbladet]] }}</ref><ref name="TV2">{{cite news |date=29 February 2020 |title=Oslo Frp vil gjøre Norge til et "patriotisk fyrtårn"|trans-title=Oslo Frp wants to turn Norway into a 'patriotic beacon' |url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11255511/ |work=[[TV2 (Norway)|TV2]] }}</ref> Christian Tybring-Gjedde was later expelled from the Progress Party in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vartdal |first=Ragnhild |date=2024-07-14 |title=Christian Tybring-Gjedde kasta ut av Frp |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/christian-tybring-gjedde-kasta-ut-av-frp-1.16964803 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=NRK |language=nn-NO}}</ref> Former party leader [[Carl I. Hagen]] has supported this initiative, stating that liberal values do not belong in the Progress Party and arguing that the party should become national conservative instead of "liberal extremist".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11513900/|title=Hagens nye planer bekymrer kona kraftig: – Hun vet ikke om jeg overlever|website=TV 2| date=24 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/11516594/|title=Sandberg tar oppgjør med Carl I. Hagen: – Vil splitte partiet|website=TV 2| date=25 June 2020 }}</ref> The Progress Party has often been described by academics as [[right-wing populist]],<ref name="right-wing populist" /><ref name="Bjerkem2016">{{cite journal|last=Bjerkem|first=Johan|title=The Norwegian Progress Party: an established populist party|journal=European View|year=2016|volume=15|issue=2|pages=233–243|doi=10.1007/s12290-016-0404-8|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{Sfn|Allern|2010|p=26: "The Norwegian Progress Party is...traditionally characterised as a borderline case of the extreme or radical right (Ignazi 1992: 13–15; Kitschelt 1995: 121; Ignazi 2003: 157), and Mudde (2007:19) characterises FrP as a non-radical populist party"; see also: p.212}}{{Sfn|Widfeldt|2014|p=83: "The academic literature is not unanimous in classifying FrP as an extreme right party. Cas Mudde, in his book from 2007, argues that FrP does not belong to the populist radical right family... Instead, he classifies FrP as a "neoliberal populist party". Other writers, however, do place FrP in the same category...even if they in some cases do so with qualifications"; see also: p. 16}}<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/forskere-frp-er-hoeyrepopulistisk/a/10126475/ "Forskere: Frp er høyrepopulistisk"], ''Verdens Gang'' (NTB), 14 September 2013. "Ja, de er høyrepopulister. Men sammenlignet med andre slike partier i Europa er de en moderat utgave og har sterkere innslag av liberalkonservative strømninger, sier Jupskås." ("Yes, they are right-wing populists. But compared to similar parties in Europe, they are a moderate version, and have stronger elements of liberal-conservative currents, Jupskås (Anders Ravik Jupskås, lecturer Department of Political Science, University of Oslo) says.")</ref>{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=7}} to the disagreement of the party and some observers, including former Prime Minister [[Erna Solberg]] and professor Cas Mudde.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mudde |first=Cas |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm76940059 |title=Populist radical right parties in Europe |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-85081-0 |location=Cambridge, UK; New York |oclc=ocm76940059}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/valg2013/venstre-og-krf-tar-frp-i-forsvar-1.11237762 |title=KrF og Venstre forsvarer Frp |trans-title=KrF and Venstre defend Frp |website=NRK |date=12 September 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thelocal.no/20130916/progress-party-calls-press-to-protest-breivik-link "Progress calls press to protest Breivik link"], ''The Local'', 16 September 2013: "[Frank Aarebrot, professor of comparative politics at Bergen University], who is a member of the Labour Party, told Aftenposten. "It is unreasonable to compare the Progress Party with the Danish People's Party, the Sweden Democrats and the True Finns,"  he added."</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20140103/le-pen-comparison-ruffles-causes-norwegian-upset|title=Economist's Jensen – le Pen comparison 'crude'|date=3 January 2014|work=The Local (no)|quote="Knut Heidar, politics professor at the University of Oslo, said that the comparison with the National Front and other European parties was problematic: "It's a result of crude categorisation. You put them all in the same bag and think they're all alike. But the Progress Party is more moderate on nearly all points. This is why it's not as controversial in Norway as it is in foreign media." [...] "They're really more like the Norwegian or British Conservative parties than they are like the Austrian Freedom Party, the Vlaams Bloc or the National Front," he added."}}</ref> Various academics have also described the Progress Party as [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref name="far-right" />

The core issues for the party revolve around immigration, crime, [[foreign aid]], the [[elderly]] and [[social security]] in regards to health and care for the elderly. The party is regarded as having policies on the right in most of these cases, both fiscally and socially, though in some cases, like care for the elderly, the policy is regarded as being on the left.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=85}} It has been claimed that the party changed in its first three decades, in turn from an "outsider movement" in the 1970s, to [[Libertarianism in the United States|American-style libertarianism]] in the 1980s, to right-wing populism in the 1990s.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=9}}{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=8}} From the 2000s, the party has to some extent sought to moderate its profile in order to seek government cooperation with centre-right parties.{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=11}} This has been especially true since the expulsion of certain members around 2001, and further under the lead of Siv Jensen from 2006,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2006/10/26/480894.html|title=Hva FrP ikke er|first=Siv|last=Jensen|work=[[Dagbladet]]|date=26 October 2006|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> when the party has tried to move and position itself more towards conservatism and also seek cooperation with such parties abroad.<ref name="klass">{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/kontakt_oss/54853/article/item/null|title=Sier nei til Kjærsgaard|work=[[Klassekampen]]|first=Hans Petter|last=Sjøli|author-link=Hans Petter Sjøli|date=25 September 2008|access-date=16 November 2009|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135641/http://www.klassekampen.no/kontakt_oss/54853/article/item/null|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> The party values are officially focused on [[civil liberties]], [[individualism]] and [[limited government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frp.no/english|title=Information in English|date=27 January 2015|publisher=frp.no|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328194303/https://www.frp.no/english|url-status=dead}}</ref> A local group within the party, centered around Oslo, expressed a desire for a more nationalistic policy, inspired by the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]. They emphasize [[patriotism]] and openly prioritize the interests of Norway and the Norwegian people in a "Norway first" policy. They also promote a complete halt to non-western immigration, and express support for [[climate change denial]].<ref name="DB2020"/><ref name="TV2"/> The party has often criticised and called for a reduction of [[Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation|Norwegian foreign aid]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/g8B61|title=Kraftige reaksjoner på Tybring-Gjedde-utspill|website=www.vg.no|date=23 December 2016 }}</ref> The program of the party considers humanitarian action abroad to be preferable, when possible, to receiving refugees from affected areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-XQW9x.html|title=Sp har strengere innvandringspolitikk enn Frp {{!}} Torstein Ulserød|last1=Ulserød|first1=Torstein|last2=Civita|first2=jurist i|website=Aftenposten|date=31 October 2016 |language=nb-NO|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frp.no/tema/innvandring/flyktninger|title=Flyktninger|website=FrP|language=nb-NO|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215115956/https://www.frp.no/tema/innvandring/flyktninger|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Health care ===
The party has for decades been a proponent for shortening wait times for hospital treatment in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/dxOzz|title=Her er Frps 100-dagersplan|website=www.vg.no|date=29 August 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frp.no/aktuelt/2017/09/helsekoene-skal-videre-ned|title=Helsekøene skal videre ned|website=FrP|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926165121/https://www.frp.no/aktuelt/2017/09/helsekoene-skal-videre-ned|url-status=dead}}</ref> 270,000 Norwegians were waiting for medical treatment in 2012–13.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tv2.no/a/4072750/ |title=Kortere sykehuskø blir Høyres helse-kampsak |work=TV 2 |date=19 June 2013 |publisher=[[TV 2 Nyhetene]] |access-date=26 September 2019 |last1=As |first1=TV 2. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumentarkiv/stoltenberg-ii/hod/taler-og-artikler/2013/politiske-mal-og-forventninger-til-spesi/id713002/ |title=Politiske mål og forventninger til spesialisthelsetjenesten |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=[[Regjeringen.no]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>Ring, Cynthia (2 March 2012). "Norwegian student, Nicolai Andersen, lives the American Dream". Pulaski County-Patriot, p. 11.</ref> In the [[OECD]] publication ''Health at a Glance 2011'', Norway had among the longest wait times for elective surgery and specialist appointments among eleven countries surveyed.<ref>OECD (2011), "Waiting times", in&nbsp;Health at a Glance 2011:&nbsp;OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris,&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.1787/health_glance-2011-59-en.</ref> Since 2013, the [[Solberg Cabinet]] has been successful in reducing the average wait times for hospital care.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faktisk.no/faktasjekker/kP9/det-star-faerre-folk-i-helseko |title=Det står færre folk i helsekø |newspaper=www.faktisk.no |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/2017/08/30/Ventetiden-ved-sykehusene-g%C3%A5r-ned-15231455.ece |title=Ventetiden ved sykehusene går ned |newspaper=[[Adresseavisen]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/livet/helse/2017/08/30/195328611/ventetiden-ved-sykehusene-gar-ned |title=Ventetiden ved sykehusene går ned |newspaper=abcnyheter.no |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/slar-aps-lofte-med-600-000-sykehus-behandlinger-1.1166032 |title=Slår Aps løfte med 600.000 sykehus-behandlinger |newspaper=[[Dagsavisen]] |access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref>

=== Economy ===
The party aims to reduce the power of the state and the public sector. It believes that the public sector should only be there to secure a minimum standard of living, and that individuals, businesses and organisations should take care of various tasks instead of the public sector, in most cases. The party also generally advocates the lowering of taxes, various [[duty (economics)|duties]] as well increased [[market economy]].<ref name="ndla"/> The party also notably want to invest more of Norway's oil wealth in infrastructure (particularly roads, broadband capacity, hospitals, schools and [[nursing home]]s) and the welfare state.<ref name="frpo">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Andre_temaer/Okonomisk_politikk/|work=Frp.no|title=Økonomisk politikk|trans-title=Economic policy|language=no|access-date=12 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011506/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/Andre_temaer/Okonomisk_politikk/|archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title= Norway votes in close general election|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/norway-votes-in-close-general-election-20090914-fnv5.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=Pierre-Henry|last=DeShayes|date=14 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> This position, that has used a sense of a welfare crisis to support demands to spend more of the oil fund now rather than later, is part of its electoral success.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}}

The party wants to strongly reduce taxation in Norway, and says that the money Norwegians earn, is theirs to be kept. They want to remove [[inheritance tax]] and [[property tax]].<ref name="frpo"/> The party advocates increased spending of Norway's [[The Government Pension Fund of Norway|Oil Fund]] on investments in infrastructure and aims to eliminate the existing [[the budgetary rule|budgetary rules]] which set a limit on such spending.<ref name="Rydgren2013"/><ref name="ndla">{{cite web|url=https://ndla.no/subject:1:19dae192-699d-488f-8218-d81535ce3ae3/topic:2:168542/topic:2:173292/resource:1:11473|work=Nasjonal Digital Læringsarena|title=Hva står de politiske partiene for?|trans-title=What do the political parties stand for?|language=no|first1=Jan-Arve|last1=Overland|first2=Ragnhild|last2=Tønnessen|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref>

=== Society ===
The party regards the family to be a natural, necessary and fundamental element in a free society. It regards the family to be a carrier of traditions and culture, and to have a role in raising and caring for children. The party also wants all children to have a right of visitation and care from both parents, and to secure everyone's right to know who their biological parents are.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Familiepolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref> The party opposed the [[Same-sex marriage in Norway|legalization of same-sex marriage]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/hommarno.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908071450/http://www.religioustolerance.org/hommarno.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 September 2012 |title=Same-sex marriage and civil unions in Norway |website=Religioustolerance.org |date=30 April 1993 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/norway/norway_adopts_gender_neutral_marriage_law Norway adopts gender neutral marriage law] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101181112/http://ilga-europe.org/home/guide/country_by_country/norway/norway_adopts_gender_neutral_marriage_law |date=1 November 2012 }} ilga-europe.org</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |title=Norway adopts gay marriage law |access-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520153827/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jko_BIHizUFFqUtmEaUrAEoPXFWw |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}</ref> questioning how children would "cope" with the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479146.ece |title=Same sex marriage law passed by wide majority |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617115242/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2479146.ece |archive-date=17 June 2008 }}</ref> In schools, the party wants to improve the working environment for teachers and students by focusing more on order, discipline and class management. The party wants more individual adaptation, to implement grades in basic subjects from fifth grade, open more private schools and decrease the amount of theory in vocational educations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Skole- og utdanningspolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

During the national convention in May 2013, the party voted in favor of both same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8359703 |title=Frp snur i homo-spørsmål – NRK Norge – Oversikt over nyheter fra ulike deler av landet |website=Nrk.no |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lars Joakim Skarvøy |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10062353 |title=Slik skal Frp-Siv flørte med homo-velgerne – Foreldre og barn – VG |website=Vg.no |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/Frp-vil-la-homofile-gifte-seg-og-adoptere-barn-7018483.html#.UaG1E9L0GwQ |title=Frp vil la homofile gifte seg og adoptere barn – Aftenposten |website=Aftenposten.no |date=31 January 2014 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> The party has for several years been a proponent for legalizing blood donation for homosexuals.<ref>{{cite web|  title=Modulen ble ikke funnet|url=http://www.frp.no/Gi+homofile+mulighet+til+%C3%A5+gi+blod.d25-TMZHIX8.ips |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703140138/http://www.frp.no/Gi+homofile+mulighet+til+%C3%A5+gi+blod.d25-TMZHIX8.ips |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2013 |access-date=26 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tristan Dupré |url=http://fpu.no/2012/07/la-homofile-gi-blod/ |title=– La homofile gi blod! {{pipe}} Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom |website=Fpu.no |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>

The party believes that artists should be less dependent on public support, and instead be more dependent on making a living on what they create. The party believes that regular people should rather decide what good culture is, and demands that artists on public support should offer something the audience wants. It also wants to abolish the annual licence fee for the [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]] and privatise the company. Otherwise, the party wants to protect and secure Norwegian cultural heritage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Kulturpolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

Since the party distances itself from discrimination and special treatment based on gender, religion and ethnic origin, the party wants to dissolve the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valgordningen|url=https://www.frp.no/tema/demokrati/valgordningen|access-date=25 December 2020|website=FrP|language=nb-NO}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> which is based on ethnic classifications.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fremskrittspartiets samepolitikk|journal=Fremskrittspartiets Stortingsgruppe|series=Stortingsgruppens politiske faktaark|url=http://www.frp.no/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=30487|access-date=20 November 2010|page=3|trans-title=Progress Party's sami politics|language=no|format=PDF|quote=FrP vil: Nedlegge Sametinget som politisk organ og gjenopprette samerådet som rådgivende organ til Stortinget. Frem til dette skjer vil FrP arbeide for at Sametinget skal være et ikke-etnisk betinget organ.}}</ref> The party wants to uphold Sami culture, but wants to work against any special treatment based on ethnic origin regarding the right of use of water and land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Samepolitikk|access-date=20 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

The party is also a proponent of a ban on wearing the [[Burqa|burka]] and [[niqab]] in public spaces, schools and universities, first proposing the idea in 2010. This policy for schools and universities was ultimately achieved in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/Vil+fjerne+burkaen+fra+det+offentlige+rom.d25-TwtDIYj.ips|date=4 March 2010|first=David|last=Lande|work=Frp.no|title=Vil fjerne burkaen fra det offentlige rom|access-date=16 September 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021015426/http://www.frp.no/Vil+fjerne+burkaen+fra+det+offentlige+rom.d25-TwtDIYj.ips|archive-date=21 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Law and order ===
[[File:Anders Anundsen minister of justice.jpg|thumb|[[Anders Anundsen]] served as [[Minister of Justice (Norway)|Minister of Justice]] (2013–2016).]]
The party supports an increase in police forces, and more visible police on the streets. It wants to implement tougher punishments, especially for crime regarding violence and morality offences. The party also wants to establish an [[ombudsman]] for victims and relatives, as it believes today's supportive concern focus too much on the criminals rather than the victims. It wants the police to be able to use more [[non-lethal weapon]]s, such as [[electroshock weapon]]s. It also does not accept any use of religious or political symbols with the police uniform, and wants to expel foreign citizens who are convicted of crime with a frame of more than three months imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=29859|title=Vi mener: Justispolitikk |access-date=26 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|format=PDF}}</ref>

=== Immigration ===
From the second half of the 1980s, the economic and welfare aspects of immigration policy were mainly a focus of Progress Party criticism, including the strains placed by immigration on the [[welfare state]].{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=149}} During the 1990s the party shifted to focus more on cultural issues and conflicts,{{Sfn|Simonsen|2007|p=15}}{{Sfn|Skjørestad|2008|p=15}} a development which can also be seen in the general public debate, including among its political opponents.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=149}} In 1993, it was the first party in Norway to use the notion of "integration politics" in its party programme.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=155}} While the party has made numerous proposals on immigration in parliament, it has rarely received majority support for them.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=147}} Its proposals have largely been rejected by the remaining political parties, as well as the mass media.{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=148}} Although the party's immigration policies have been compared to those of the [[Danish People's Party]] and the [[Sweden Democrats]], leading party members have instead chosen to compare its immigration policies with those of the Dutch [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] and the Danish {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}} previously.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://svt.se/2.35188/1.1699196/|work=[[Sveriges Television]]|title=Fremskrittspartiet knappast en förebild för Sverigedemokraterna|first1=Per Arne|last1=Olsen|first2=Kristian|last2=Norheim|date=7 September 2009|access-date=28 September 2010|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612090142/http://svt.se/2.35188/1.1699196/|archive-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Sylvi Listhaug.jpg|thumb|[[Sylvi Listhaug]] served as Norway's first Minister of Immigration and Integration (2015–2018).]]
Generally, the party wants a stricter immigration policy, so that only those who are in need of protection according to the [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees|UN Refugee Convention]] are allowed to stay in Norway.<ref name="vimener">{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Asyl- og innvandringspolitikk|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804052714/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=4 August 2010}}</ref> Progress Party MPs have also stated that high levels of immigration combined with poor integration leads to both Norwegian and broadly Western values such as tolerance, freedom of speech and democracy being undermined and that politicians on the political left have enabled social issues through relaxing immigration policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article3491530.ece|work=[[Nordlys]]|first=Danny J.|last=Pellicer|date=22 April 2008|title=Free Per-Willy|access-date=16 September 2010|language=no}}</ref> In a speech in the 2007 election campaign, Siv Jensen claimed that the immigration policy was a failure because it let criminals stay in Norway, while throwing out people who worked hard and followed the law.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1932677.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Gunnar|last=Magnus|title=Jensen vil beholde lovlydige utlendinger|date=12 August 2007|access-date=8 September 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629144648/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article1932677.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> The party claims the immigration and integration policy to be naive.<ref name="vimener"/> In 2008, the party wanted to "avoid [[illiterate]]s and other poorly resourced groups who we see are not able to adapt in Norway"; which included countries as [[Somalia]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="aft070408">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2352627.ece|title=Frp vil stenge grensen|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Kristoffer|last=Rønneberg|date=7 April 2008|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> The party opposes that asylum seekers are allowed stay in Norway on humanitarian grounds or due to health issues, and seeks to substantially limit the number of [[family reunification]]s.<ref name="aft070408"/> The party has also called for a [[referendum]] on the general immigration policy.<ref name="aft279"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10001421|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Frp: – Fullt mulig å stanse innvandringen|first=Erlend|last=Skevik|date=9 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2925141.ece|work=[[Nettavisen]]|title=En av fem vil være innvandrer|first=Trond|last=Lepperød|date=15 June 2010|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> In government, the party supported creating a Minister for Integration in the cabinet and a zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration combined with deportation of illegal immigrants and non-citizens who had committed serious felonies. Some commentators noted that Norway deported a record number of failed asylum seekers and illegal residents during the period when the party provided support to the Conservatives from 2013 to 2021.<ref name="auto1"/>

The Progress Party is also opposed to repatriating Norwegian citizens who leave the country to join terrorist organisations such as [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] and withdrew their support to the Solberg cabinet in January 2020 over the government's decision to repatriate a Norwegian national on humanitarian grounds who had escaped to join ISIS.<ref name="auto"/>

A poll conducted by the newspaper ''[[Utrop]]'' in August 2009 showed that 10% (14% of the respondents answering "Don't know" were removed) of immigrants in Norway would vote for the Progress Party, only beaten by the Labour Party (38% and 56% respectively), when asked.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.utrop.no/Nyheter/Innenriks/16990|title=Flere innvandrere stemmer FrP|work=[[Utrop]]|first=Claudio|last=Castello|date=1 September 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|language=no}}</ref> More specifically, this constituted 9% of both African and Eastern European immigrants, 22% of Western European immigrants and 3% of Asian immigrants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg-2009/artikkel.php?artid=578236|title=Innvandrere stemmer Frp – som folk flest|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|first=Lars|last=Akerhaug|date=1 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> Politicians with immigrant backgrounds are increasingly active in the party, most notably Iranian-Norwegian [[Mazyar Keshvari]] and former leader of the youth party, Indian-Norwegian [[Himanshu Gulati]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/03/02/nyheter/islam/siv_jensen/fremskrittspartiet/innenriks/5103122/|title=Snikislamiserer Frp|work=[[Dagbladet]]|first=Gunnar|last=Thorenfeldt|date=9 March 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3088740.ece|title=Hva gjør disse i Fremskrittspartiet?|work=[[Aftenposten]]|first=Geir|last=Salvesen|date=24 May 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124001/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3088740.ece|archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
The Progress Party was for many years open to a [[referendum]] on [[Norway–European Union relations|Norwegian membership]] of the [[European Union]], although only if a majority of the public opinion was seen to favour it beforehand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: EU, EØS og Schengen|access-date=18 September 2010|language=no|publisher=Frp.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003125943/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> The party eventually grew to consider membership of Norway in the European Union to be a "non-issue", believing there to be no reason for a debate of a new referendum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg-2009/artikkel.php?artid=564343|work=[[Verdens Gang]]|title=Siv: – EU-saken er en ikke-sak|first=Lars|last=Akerhaug|date=23 July 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> In 2016, the party officially adopted a position against Norwegian membership in the EU.<ref name="FrpEU"/>

The party regards [[NATO]] to be a positive basic element of Norway's defense, security and foreign policy. It also wants to strengthen [[transatlantic relations]] in general, and [[Norway's relationship with the United States]] more specifically.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} The party considers its international policy to "follow in the footsteps of [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frp.no/nor/The-Progress-Party/Who-we-are-Wer-sind-wir-Qui-nous-sommes-Sobre-nosotros |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923192848/http://www.frp.no/nor/The-Progress-Party/Who-we-are-Wer-sind-wir-Qui-nous-sommes-Sobre-nosotros |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2013 |title=Vi beklager... |website=Frp.no |access-date=17 February 2016 }}</ref> The party has also expressed support for [[Ukraine]] since the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 full-scale Russian invasion]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Situasjonen i Ukraina: Dette mener FrP |url=https://www.frp.no/situasjonen-i-ukraina-dette-mener-frp |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.frp.no |language=nb}}</ref> which it reaffirmed on 1 March 2025, whilst calling for Norway to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway rethinks €1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine - Euractiv |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/norway-rethinks-e1-7-trillion-sovereign-fund-to-boost-support-for-ukraine/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250303064248/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/norway-rethinks-e1-7-trillion-sovereign-fund-to-boost-support-for-ukraine/ |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Of all the major political parties in Norway, the Progress Party has shown the strongest support for [[Israel]]. In 2009, it  supported the right of Israel to defend itself against rocket attacks from [[Hamas]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Nyheter/Nytt_fra_Stortinget/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=42321|publisher=Frp.no|title=FrPs syn på konflikten i Midtøsten|date=9 January 2009|first=Lars Joakim|last=Hanssen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929011009/http://www.frp.no/no/Nyheter/Nytt_fra_Stortinget/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=42321|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was the only party in Norway which supported Israel through the [[Gaza War (2008–2009)|2008–2009 Gaza War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=17825|work=[[Norge Idag]]|first=Finn Jarle|last=Sæle|author-link=Finn Jarle Sæle|date=29 June 2010|title=Den nye høyrebølgen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726195457/http://www.idag.no/ledere-oppslag.php3?ID=17825|archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.klassekampen.no/55508/article/item/null|work=[[Klassekampen]]|title=Full tillit til Israel i Frp|date=6 January 2009|first=Christiane Jordheim|last=Larsen|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303052042/http://www.klassekampen.no/55508/article/item/null|archive-date=3 March 2010}}</ref> The party has for many years also wanted to [[Positions on Jerusalem|relocate the Norwegian embassy in Israel]] from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=529145|work=[[Verdens Gang]] (NTB)|date=27 August 2008|title=Jensen vil flytte norsk ambassade til Jerusalem|access-date=9 October 2010|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article1156540.ece|work=[[Stavanger Aftenblad]]|date=5 February 2010|title=Hvorfor bør jeg velge Frp i stedet for Høyre?|access-date=9 October 2010|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825171327/http://www.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/politikk/article1156540.ece <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=25 August 2010}}</ref>

The party sees the most viable form of [[foreign aid]] policy to be for [[developing countries]] to gradually manage themselves without Western aid. It believes that [[free trade]] is the key for developing countries to gain economic growth, and that "the relationship between aid and development is at best unclear." The party is strongly critical of "forced contribution to government development aid through taxation", which it wants to limit, also as it believe this weakens the individual's personal sense of responsibility and generosity (voluntary aid). The party instead supports an increase in support for global health and vaccination initiatives against global epidemics such as HIV, AIDS and [[tuberculosis]], and to increase the support after emergencies and disasters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|title=Vi mener: Utviklingspolitikk|access-date=26 November 2010|language=no|publisher=FrP.no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref>

== International relations ==
The Progress Party does not belong to any international political groups, and does not have any official sister parties. Historically the party has not compared itself to other European parties, and has sought to instead establish its own identity.<ref name="nytid160109">{{Cite news|url=http://www.arena.uio.no/nyheter/kronikker/wilde.pdf|work=[[Ny Tid]]|date=16 January 2009|first1=Maren Næss|last1=Olsen|first2=Miriam S.|last2=Dahl|title=Populister på partnerjakt|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> An international secretary for the party in the same year said that the party had been connected with a "misunderstood right-wing radical label", partly because people with nationalistic and "hopeless attitudes" had previously been involved in the party. Such persons were said to no longer be involved.<ref name="klass"/>

The Progress Party was originally inspired by its Danish counterpart, the [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]], which ultimately lost parliamentary representation and fell into the fringes of Danish politics. In recent years, the Norwegian party has instead considered Denmark's [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] to be its sister party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2703207.ece|title=Slik er asylpolitikken Frp vil kopiere|work=[[Nettavisen]]|first=Trond|last=Lepperød|date=10 September 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref> Although Venstre formally is aligned with the Norwegian [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]], some politicians of the party have voiced support for the Progress Party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/politikk/venstre-i-danmark-omfavner-frp-2660513.html|title=Venstre i Danmark omfavner Frp |publisher=[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]]|first=Morten Michelsen|last=Berg|date=17 April 2009|access-date=16 November 2009|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://jp.dk/indland/indland_politik/article1657770.ece|title=Støjberg kritiseres for norsk tale|work=[[Jyllands-Posten]]|date=7 April 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik/2009/04/17/161839.htm|title=Støjberg-støtte til Fremskrittspartiet skaber røre|publisher=[[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]]|first1=Heidi|last1=Kirkebække|first2=Thomas|last2=Buch-Andersen|date=17 April 2009|access-date=27 August 2010|language=da}}</ref> The party has been compared by some journalists to the [[Danish People's Party]]<ref name="nytid">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytid.no/perspektiver/artikler/20090911/folger-frp-med-argusoyne/|title=Følger Frp med argusøyne|work=[[Ny Tid]]|first1=Anita Vikan|last1=Mathisen|first2=Terje|last2=Karlsen|date=11 September 2009|access-date=16 November 2009|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033956/http://www.nytid.no/perspektiver/artikler/20090911/folger-frp-med-argusoyne/|archive-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> while others such as political scientist [[Cas Mudde]] have regarded the Progress Party to be somewhere in between these two parties.<ref name="nytid160109"/> Some prominent individual Progress Party politicians. including former Justice Minister [[Per-Willy Amundsen]] and former MP [[Christian Tybring-Gjedde]] support an official partnership with [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD),<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Dagbladet]]|date=22 November 2018|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hyller-partiet-ingen-vil-samarbeide-med-det-far-store-til-a-reagere/70489591|title=Hyller partiet "ingen" vil samarbeide med. Det får Støre til å reagere}}</ref> although historically the party at large has not supported such collaboration. In 2022, party leader Sylvi Listhaug stated that she welcomed the SD's growth in votes and supported the party during the [[2022 Swedish general election]], but has stated that while her party has common ground with the Sweden Democrats on immigration and law & order, differences in economic policy prevent the Progress Party from considering the SD as a sister party and that the Progress Party as a whole was not looking to build any international alliances.<ref>{{cite news|work=Document.nodate=1 November 2022|url=https://www.document.no/2022/11/01/listhaug-vil-at-norge-skal-ta-samme-oppgjor-som-svenskene-med-naiv-asylpolitikk/|title=Listhaug wants Norway to take the same approach as the Swedes with "naive asylum policy"}}</ref>

While the party has been compared by some commentators to European populist parties ranging from the [[French National Front]] and the Dutch [[Pim Fortuyn List]],{{Sfn|Hagelund|2005|p=147}} the Progress Party has often distanced itself from parties on the extreme right and has turned down offers of alliances from other European far-right parties.<ref name="nytid"/><ref name="nytid160109"/><ref name="klass"/> In 2009 the [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative Party]] invited party leader Siv Jensen to hold a lecture in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], which was seen as a further recognition of the party internationally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/Siv+Jensen+holder+foredrag+for+ledere+i+britisk+politikk+og+n%C3%A6ringsliv.d25-TgZbK3j.ips|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904122904/http://www.frp.no/Siv+Jensen+holder+foredrag+for+ledere+i+britisk+politikk+og+n%C3%A6ringsliv.d25-TgZbK3j.ips|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2009|title=Siv Jensen holder foredrag for ledere i britisk politikk og næringsliv|publisher=FrP.no|date=8 May 2009|first=Camilla|last=Mollatt|author-link=Camilla Mollatt|access-date=27 August 2010|language=no}}</ref>

In the United States, the Progress Party generally supports the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and was in 2010 called "friends" by the Republican Party chairman as he said he looked forward to the "continued growth of the party and free market conservative principles."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.frp.no/Republican+Party+Chairman+greets+the+Progress+Party.d25-TwJfU2I.ips|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602044801/http://www.frp.no/Republican+Party+Chairman+greets+the+Progress+Party.d25-TwJfU2I.ips|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2011|publisher=FrP.no|title=Republican Party Chairman greets the Progress Party|date=18 May 2010|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> The party has also been described as [[Reaganite]]. Party leader Siv Jensen attended the [[2008 Republican National Convention]] in [[Saint Paul,&nbsp;Minnesota]].<ref>Nordlinger, Jay (2012). ''Peace, They Say:&nbsp;A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World''. Encounter Books. pp. 38–39. {{ISBN|978-1594035999}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-y78RJ.html|title=Grums om innvandrere|first=Robert|last=Gjerde |website=Aftenposten|date=7 September 2008 }}</ref> In 2018, former FrP parliamentary member [[Christian Tybring-Gjedde]] and former Minister of Justice [[Per-Willy Amundsen]] nominated President [[Donald Trump]] for the [[2019 Nobel Peace Prize]]. Trump was nominated due to his historic summit in [[North Korea]] and due to his work for "disarmament, peace, and reconciliation between North and South Korea."<ref>Strang, Stephen E. (2018). ''Trump Aftershock:&nbsp;The President's Seismic Impact on Culture and Faith in America''. Charisma Media. p. 94. {{ISBN|978-1629995564}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-by-norwegian-politicians-11404271|title=Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politicians|website=Sky News}}</ref>

== Party leadership ==
=== Party leaders ===

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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Anders_Lange_1930s.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Anders Lange]]
| born_year         = 1904
| died_year         = 1974
| term_start        = 8 April 1973
| term_end          = 18 October 1974
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1973|4|8|1974|10|18}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             =
| officeholder      = [[Eivind Eckbo]]
| born_year         = 1927
| died_year         = 2017
| term_start        = 18 October 1974
| term_end          = 26 May 1975
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1974|10|18|1975|5|26}}
| acting = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             =
| officeholder      = [[Arve Lønnum]]
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 1988
| term_start        = 26 May 1975
| term_end          = 11 February 1978
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1975|5|26|1978|2|11}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = CI_Hagen2326_2E_jpg_DF0000062800.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Carl I. Hagen]]
| born_year         = 1944
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 11 February 1978
| term_end          = 6 May 2006
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1978|2|11|2006|5|6}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = Siv_Jensen-14.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Siv Jensen]]
| born_year         = 1969
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 6 May 2006
| term_end          = 8 May 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2006|5|6|2021|5|8}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = Sylvi_Listhaug_-_2014-02-13_at_18-49-18.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Sylvi Listhaug]]
| born_year         = 1977
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 8 May 2021
| term_end          =  ''Incumbent''
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2021|5|8}}
}}
{{officeholder table end}}

=== Parliamentary leaders ===

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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Anders_Lange_1930s.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Anders Lange]]
| born_year         = 1904
| died_year         = 1974
| term_start        = 8 April 1973
| term_end          = 18 October 1974
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1973|4|8|1974|10|18}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             = Erik_Gjems-Onstad_1945.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Erik Gjems-Onstad]]
| born_year         = 1922
| died_year         = 2011
| term_start        = 1 November 1974
| term_end          = 1 October 1976
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1974|11|1|1976|10|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             =
| officeholder      = [[Harald Bjarne Slettebø|Harald Slettebø]]
| born_year         = 1922
| died_year         = 2018
| term_start        = 1 October 1976
| term_end          = 30 September 1977
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1976|10|1|1977|9|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = CI_Hagen2326_2E_jpg_DF0000062800.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Carl I. Hagen]]
| born_year         = 1944
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 2 October 1981
| term_end          = 5 October 2005
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|1981|10|2|2005|10|5}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = Siv_Jensen-14.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Siv Jensen]]
| born_year = 1969
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 5 October 2005
| term_end          = 17 October 2013
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2005|10|5|2013|10|17}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = Harald_Tom_Nesvik_(174342).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Harald T. Nesvik]]
| born_year = 1966
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 17 October 2013
| term_end          = 2 October 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2013|10|17|2017|10|2}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| image             = Hans_Andreas_Limi_(172948).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hans Andreas Limi]]
| born_year = 1960
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 2 October 2017
| term_end          = 27 January 2020
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2017|10|2|2020|1|27}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = (5)
| image             = Siv_Jensen-14.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Siv Jensen]]
| born_year = 1969
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 27 January 2020
| term_end          = 12 May 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2020|1|27|2021|5|12}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| image             = Sylvi_Listhaug_-_2014-02-13_at_18-49-18.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Sylvi Listhaug]]
| born_year         = 1977
| died_year         =
| term_start        = 12 May 2021
| term_end          =  ''Incumbent''
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and days|2021|5|12}}
}}
{{officeholder table end}}

=== Deputy party leaders ===

{{columns-start}}
'''First deputy leaders'''
* [[Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn]] (1978–1982)
* [[Eivind Eckbo]] (1982–1984)
* [[Helge N. Albrektsen]] (1984–1985)
* [[Anne Beth Moslet]] (1985–1987)
* [[Pål Atle Skjervengen]] (1987–1991)
* [[Tor Mikkel Wara]] (1991–1993)
* [[Ellen Wibe]] (1993–1994)
* [[Lodve Solholm]] (1994–1999)
* [[Siv Jensen]] (1999–2006)
* [[Per Sandberg]] (2006–2018)
* [[Sylvi Listhaug]] (2018–2021)
* [[Ketil Solvik-Olsen]] (2021–2023)
* [[Hans Andreas Limi]] (2023–present)
{{column}}
'''Second deputy leaders'''
* [[Eivind Eckbo]] (1978–1980)
* [[Hugo Munthe-Kaas]] (1980–1982)
* [[Tore Haaland]] (1982–1985)
* [[Hroar Hansen]] (1985–1991)
* [[Jan Simonsen]] (1991–1993)
* [[Hans J. Røsjorde]] (1993–1995)
* [[Vidar Kleppe]] (1995–1999)
* [[Terje Søviknes]] (1999–2001)
* [[John Alvheim]] (2001–2005)
* [[Per Arne Olsen]] (2005–2013)
* [[Ketil Solvik-Olsen]] (2013–2019)
* [[Terje Søviknes]] (2019–present)
{{columns-end}}

==Election results==
===Storting===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
! Status
|-
! [[1973 Norwegian parliamentary election|1973]]{{efn|name=AndersParty|Ran as Anders Lange's Party.}}
| [[Anders Lange]]
| 107,784
| 5.0
| {{composition bar|4|155|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| ''New''
| {{increase}} 6th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1977 Norwegian parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[Arve Lønnum]]
| 43,351
| 1.9
| {{composition bar|0|155|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{decrease}} 7th
| {{N/A|No seats}}
|-
! [[1981 Norwegian parliamentary election|1981]]
| rowspan=10 | [[Carl I. Hagen]]
| 109,564
| 4.5
| {{composition bar|4|155|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
| {{increase}} 5th
| {{partial2|External support}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1985 Norwegian parliamentary election|1985]]
| rowspan=2 | 96,797
| rowspan=2 | 3.7
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|2 | 157|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 2
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 6th
| {{partial2|External support {{small|(1985–1986)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1986–1989)}}}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1989 Norwegian parliamentary election|1989]]
| rowspan=2 | 345,185
| rowspan=2 | 13.0
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|22 | 165|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 20
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 3rd
| {{partial2|External support {{small|(1989–1990)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1990–1993)}}}}
|-
![[1993 Norwegian parliamentary election|1993]]
| 154,497
| 6.3
| {{composition bar|10|165|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| {{decrease}} 6th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[1997 Norwegian parliamentary election|1997]]
| rowspan=2 | 395,376
| rowspan=2 | 15.3
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|25|165|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 15
| rowspan=2 | {{increase}} 2nd
| {{partial2|External support {{small|(1997–2000)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(2000–2001)}}}}
|-
! [[2001 Norwegian parliamentary election|2001]]
| 369,236
| 14.6
| {{composition bar|26|165|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{partial2|External support}}
|-
! [[2005 Norwegian parliamentary election|2005]]
| 582,284
| 22.1
| {{composition bar|38|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 12
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Norwegian parliamentary election|2009]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Siv Jensen]]
| 614,724
| 22.9
| {{composition bar|41|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{steady}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2013 Norwegian parliamentary election|2013]]
| 463,560
| 16.3
| {{composition bar|29|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| {{decrease}} 3rd
| {{yes2|[[Solberg's Cabinet|Coalition]]}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[2017 Norwegian parliamentary election|2017]]
| rowspan=2 | 444,423
| rowspan=2 | 15.3
| rowspan=2 | {{composition bar|27|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| rowspan=2 | {{decrease}} 2
| rowspan=2 | {{steady}} 3rd
| {{yes2|[[Solberg's Cabinet|Coalition]] {{small|(2017–2020)}}}}
|-
| {{partial2|External support {{small|(2020–2021)}}}}
|-
! [[2021 Norwegian parliamentary election|2021]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Sylvi Listhaug]]
| 346,053
| 11.7
| {{composition bar|21|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{decrease}} 4th
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2025 Norwegian parliamentary election|2025]]
| 767,903
| 23.9
| {{composition bar|47|169|{{party color|Progress Party (Norway)}}}}
| {{increase}} 26
| {{increase}} 2nd
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

===Local elections===
{| class=wikitable
! Election
! style=line-height:100% | Vote %
! Type
|-
! [[1975 Norwegian local elections|1975]]
| 0.8<br />1.4
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1979 Norwegian local elections|1979]]
| 1.9<br />2.5
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1983 Norwegian local elections|1983]]
| 5.3<br />6.3
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1987 Norwegian local elections|1987]]
| 10.4<br />12.3
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1991 Norwegian local elections|1991]]
| 6.5<br />7.0
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1995 Norwegian local elections|1995]]
| 10.5<br />12.0
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[1999 Norwegian local elections|1999]]
| 12.1<br />13.4
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2003 Norwegian local elections|2003]]
| 16.4<br />17.9
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2007 Norwegian local elections|2007]]
| 17.5<br />18.5
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2011 Norwegian local elections|2011]]
| 11.4<br />11.8
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2015 Norwegian local elections|2015]]
| 9.5<br />10.2
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2019 Norwegian local elections|2019]]
| 8.2<br />8.7
| Municipal<br />County
|-
! [[2023 Norwegian local elections|2023]]
| 11.4<br />12.5
| Municipal<br />County
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Progress Party (Norway) MPs]]
* [[Fatherland League (Norway)|Fatherland League]]
* [[Democrats in Norway]]
* [[Politics of Norway]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|first=Elin Haugsgjerd|last=Allern|year=2010|title=Political Parties and Interest Groups in Norway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZdHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PR1|publisher=ECPR Press|isbn=978-0955820366}}
* {{cite book|title=Scandinavian politics today|url=https://archive.org/details/scandinavianpoli0000arte|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=0719051339|first=David|last=Arter}}
* {{cite book|title=Neo-nationalism in Europe and beyond: perspectives from social anthropology|first1=André|last1=Gingrich|first2=Marcus|last2=Banks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zScJs9HjixQC|year=2006|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=1845451902}}
* {{cite book|title=Movements of exclusion: radical right-wing populism in the Western world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqAfBHrVUGEC|editor-first=Jens|editor-last=Rydgren|first=Anniken|last=Hagelund|year=2005|publisher=Nova|isbn=1594540969}}
* {{cite conference|conference=Högerpopulistiska partier och främlingsfientlig opinion i Europa: Framgång och inflytande|url=http://www.pol.gu.se/swepsa/hogerpopulistiska-partier-och-framlingsfientlig-opinion-i-europa--framgang-och-inflytande/|title=En Populistisk Partifamilie?: En Komparativ-Historisk Analyse Av Nordiske Populistpartier|first1=Ann-Cathrine|last1=Jungar|first2=Anders Ravik|last2=Jupskås|year=2010|publisher=[[University of Gothenburg]]|type=essay|access-date=15 November 2010|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007144657/http://www.pol.gu.se/swepsa/hogerpopulistiska-partier-och-framlingsfientlig-opinion-i-europa--framgang-och-inflytande/|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite thesis|title=Explaining Membership Growth in the Norwegian Progress Party from 1973 to 2008
|hdl= 1956/3080|first=Hilmar Langhelle|last=Mjelde|year=2008|type=Master's thesis|publisher=University of Bergen}}
* {{cite book|title=Høyrepopulismens politiske metamorfose på 1990-tallet. En komparativ studie av tre nordiske partier: Fremskridtspartiet, Dansk Folkeparti og Fremskrittspartiet.|url=http://www.culcom.uio.no/publikasjoner/masteroppgaver/2007/simonsen-tor-espen.html|first=Tor Espen|last=Simonsen|year=2007|publisher=CULCOM|type=Master's thesis|language=no|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316070206/http://www.culcom.uio.no/publikasjoner/masteroppgaver/2007/simonsen-tor-espen.html|archive-date=16 March 2011|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite thesis|title=Et liberalistisk parti? Fremskrittspartiets politiske profil fra 1989 til 2005|hdl=1956/2927|first=Anna|last=Skjørestad|year=2008|publisher=University of Bergen|type=Master's thesis|language=no}}
* {{cite book|first=Anders|last=Widfeldt|year=2014|title=Extreme Right in Scandinavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWleBAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1134502158}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Fremskrittspartiet|Progress Party}}
* {{in lang|no}} [http://www.frp.no/ Progress Party (FrP)] – official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100822130836/http://www.frp.no/no/Andre_sprak/English/ Progress Party (FrP)] – official website in English
* {{in lang|no}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101203075801/http://www.frp.no/no/Vi_mener/ Official programme] (in Norwegian)
* {{in lang|no}} [http://www.fpu.no/ Youth of the Progress Party (FpU)] – official website

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